Surveys

Survey operations 31 jul thru 31 aug by M/V academic fersman towing five mile long cable in area bound by…

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 2408/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-07-29 10:17Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XIII 94/19 280906Z JUL 19.. Issued 2019-07-28 14:49Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Sea of Okhotsk. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-07-28 14:49Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XIII 94/19 280906Z JUL 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sea of Okhotsk
position
59.373, 158.753
vessel
M/V ACADEMIC FERSMAN · 6 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF OKHOTSK.
RUSSIA.
DNC 24.
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS 31 JUL THRU 31 AUG
   BY M/V ACADEMIC FERSMAN TOWING FIVE MILE LONG
   CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY
   58-13-23N 158-37-11E 58-40-17N 157-15-50E
   59-40-30N 157-07-22E 60-11-02N 157-45-04E
   59-46-27N 159-01-47E 60-24-54N 159-52-49E
   60-02-18N 160-59-10E.
   SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 SEP 19.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Survey operations
A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
Towed array / streamer
Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

7 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

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All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:25Z; source collection times vary.

Surveys

Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.